Why Are We Here?
Between conversations with my wife and reading “A New Earth” by Tolle, I’ve come to the realization that perhaps we’re here and experience the things that we do, because we’ve asked for them.
My philosophy has always been that we’re here to learn…this much I’m sure of. What if, as spirits prior to being born, we choose a general natural life experience (or numerous ones) to fulfill our learning paths? When we’re born into this physical reality, gradually the spirit world (memories) leave us, and we’re left to live our existence..the one that we asked for.
I also believe that in that moment when we leave this physical reality, all the answers come to us and our spirit is left to ponder other existences/experiences in a realm with other spirits. Perhaps these other spirits weave in and out of our natural life because they’ve asked for similar lessons or maybe we all just like seeing each other. Regardless, I do believe that we are always with the same group.
Look what’s coming to Xbox
Just received this little gem in my inbox this morning:
Creative Labs PR Disaster…
Creative Labs, maker of sound & video cards, has “created” a PR disaster by publicly throwing the smack-down in their own forums on another user called “Daniel_K”. Now Daniel_K isn’t just some other user. No. Daniel_K was hacking Creative’s drivers to make some of their products work on Windows Vista. Products which seem to work just fine on Windows XP.
Leopard & MacBook Pro Internet Issues..
I’ve recently switched from using Windows XP exclusively, to using Leopard on a new 17″ MacBook Pro. So far I’ve found the jump to be more than I expected, even though I had some experience using Jaguar on my G4 iMac. I’m trying out VMWare Fusion for those XP apps that I have to run on that platform. I’ve gotten XP installed in the vm, but have yet to install Visual Studio 2005 on it. I don’t have high hopes for running that app virtually because Fusion only dedicates 512 mb to Windows XP. I’m sure I can bump that up at a later date.
Photoshop on the web.
Adobe has released a watered down version of their ubiquitous picture-editing software, Photoshop, for the web. It’s called Photoshop Express and you can try it out here.
A Tech Blogger Got Himself Banned from CES
A prominent tech blog, gizmodo.com, managed to get one of their tech bloggers, Richard Blakeley, banned from CES, the biggest electronics show on the planet.
The prank, which involved a newly acquired device called TV-B-Gone, involved shutting off not just one television, but whole banks of televisions and some during a press conference. The gizmodo editor, Brian Lam, then bragged about it on the gizmodo website:
CES has no shortage of displays. And…we pretty much couldn’t help ourselves.
We shut off a TV. And then another. And then a wall of TVs. And we just
couldn’t stop. (And Panasonic, you’re so lucky that 150-incher didn’t
have an active IR port.)
UCLA scientists restore walking after spinal cord injury
Scientists from UCLA were able to restore a mouse’s ability to walk by short circuiting the long nerve fibers on either side of the spinal column, leaving the center alone, and letting the body reroute information utilizing the shorter nerve pathways in the center.
Top 25 Science Stories of 2007
A year of discoveries, close calls, tragedies and triumphs in review
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Run Internet Explorer on Linux
Most Linux users would be appalled by the idea of attempting to contaminate a Linux installation with any Microsoft product, especially Internet Explorer. However, many Web sites don’t render properly using regular Linux browsers, such as Firefox or Konqueror.
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Heroes of Running 2007
Running has the capacity to transform our minds and spirits, and to improve the live others. No one demonstrates that better than the 34 people we honor as our Heroes of Running.
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Plumpy’nut…
Malnutrition is a serious problem in many areas of the world. So is an abundance of good, clean water.
The most common method of treating malnutrition is with powdered milk formulas called F-75 and F-100. However, these milk formulas require clean water and proper mixing, which usually means they’re distributed at hospitals and feeding centers, which also require miles of travel to reach. Not convenient or extremely beneficial by any stretch of the imagination.
Enter a French company called Nutriset and a product called Plumpy’nut…
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Programming Font For Visual Studio…
If you’ve grown tired of staring at the courier font in your code, I highly recommend you download the Consolas font from Microsoft. Link to the download after the jump…
Gobuntu has already failed..
I’m disappointed with Canonical. I got all excited when Mark Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu “Gutsy Gibbon” would be available in a super-strict, 100% open source flavor (now called “Gobuntu”). Later he clarified this goal…
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The ultimate tweaker’s guide to Windows
To help you out, we’ve put together this guide to tweaking Windows. It covers both XP and Vista and lets you do all kinds of things you might have thought were impossible — replacing your boot screen, hacking the Control Panel, speeding up Windows Flip 3D and more. Look for the XP logo and Vista logo icons to see which tips work in which OS.
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In Rainbows Review
Having never been a big Radiohead fan left me a bit skeptical about liking their new release, In Rainbows. Quite honestly, I paid zero for the download the first time around. Yes, I said first time around because I’ve subsequently gone back and paid for a second copy…